Month: June 2026
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Unbound Gravel XL+, Part 1 – my thousand mile commute to the race
Last week, I finished a 4124 mile gravel / road / trail adventure that included the Unbound Gravel XL bike race in the middle. After biking 1000 miles from my home in Hoover, Alabama to the race in Emporia, Kansas, I finished 48th in the XL version of the race in particularly muddy conditions this…
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Unbound XL 2026 Race Report
TLDR 48th place out of 237 with only 60 people finishing. 356 miles in 32hr 37min (10.93mph). Since I rode to the start and back to the hotel afterwards, my own Strava data has me at 366 miles with a moving time of exactly 30 hours with a moving average speed of 12.2mph. The first…